Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, [141] Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day,... Harper's First [-sixth] Reader - Page 315edited by - 1890Full view - About this book
| Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. And thou who, mindful of th' unhonour'd Dead, Dost in these notes their artless tale relate, By night... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...relate, By night and lonely contemplation led To wander in the gloomy walks of fates Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected...Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind ?... | |
| 1810 - 702 pages
...it. 'Tis the last tribute which the humblest pay to the most humble. '> i < " Yet e'en these bones from Insult to protect, / . . ; Some frail memorial...deck'd ; Implores the passing tribute of a sigh." • : . i The stranger who, in days to come, shall visit our shore, will exclaim, show me the statue... | |
| Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...from insult to protect, "\ Some frail memorial still erected nigh, A With uncouth rhymes and fhapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of...forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resiga'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling' ring look behind?... | |
| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect , Some frail memorial still...deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their names , their years , spelt by th' unletler'd Muse , The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many... | |
| E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...the cool sequester'd vale of life They keep the noiseless tenour of their way. f Yet e'en these hones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected...and shapeless sculpture deck'd Implores the passing trihute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt hy th' uuletter'd Mu«» The place of Fame and Elegy... | |
| Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 456 pages
...the cool sequester'd vale of life : They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected...unletter'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; . . '. . '.i And many• ab•oly text arpund she strews, . j That teach the rustic moralist to die.... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...the first copv. Tl following stania wa* excluded with th« other altaratioi.. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still...tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th* unlettered Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply, And many a holy text around she strews, That teach... | |
| 1806 - 408 pages
...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unfetter'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many...That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who to dvmb Forgetfulness a prey, " 'i This pleasing, anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts... | |
| 1806 - 330 pages
...the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh, H 145 Their names, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply; And... | |
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